While we all patiently wait for the debut of the next season of Top Gear in just over a week, we can now take a virtual tour of the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome courtesy of Google and one of its camera-sprouting Street View cars. When Google's all-seeing Opel Astra arrived at the Dunsfold Aerodrome southwest of London, the driver got to participate in a lead-and-follow around the circuit with Top Gear's own tame racing driver, the Stig.

In addition to the 360-degree imagery captured by Google's own car, Top Gear sent their own film crew to grab some footage. It wouldn't be surprising to see this pop up in a segment in the upcoming 21st season.

Given the Stig's normally buttoned-down driving style, it was somewhat surprising to see the white-suited driver opt for something a bit more wild and woolly in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT. But given that Google and Top Gear colluded to make this a bit more exciting than the usual Street View capture process, we instead got lots of smoky drifting and donuts around the more humble camera car. No complaints here.